These are the detailed pages designed to accompany items on show at Fly Fest Scotland 2018.​

Allcock, Redditch "Popular"

Another Redditch product, in this case from after WW2, though this model had been in production before the war. Allcock’s were another of the monumental Redditch firms, claiming to be the biggest fishing tackle maker in the world as far back as 1879.

Three pieces rods like this continued a tradition of easily carried rods, suitable even for carrying on a bicycle, but here again we see the odd regressive element in UK rods. The pre-war “Popular” was advertised as having snake guides, where this example, indicated as post-war because of the oval gold decal, carries full-bridge guides, just like the Millward’s Flyrover.